These photos are from early, early this morning (otherwise known as the middle of the night.)  A good deal of sleeping goes on during the night, but there’s a lot of action in between.  Finley gets a small meal, water and some snacks, she attends to her puppies’ back ends whenever needed and the puppies move around a lot, often scooting themselves around the perimeter of the whelping pen like they’re doing laps.

I’ve been watching carefully when I put a dish of food or broth down for Finley as the puppies have begun to sniff out and move toward the bowl.  Last thing I want is for one of them to do a nosedive into the bowl.  But it’s great to see them lift their heads, pick up scent and move toward it.